October Blues?

Posted: October 02, 2015

It’s now October and we are in the middle of the “Slow Season” which includes September and October. After such a busy summer it’s nice to have a little more time to get things done around the shop. However, it’s also a little scary to see how much the business drops off. If I hadn’t been forewarned I would be freaking out right now worrying about what happened to our thriving little business. I take comfort in the fact that the whole island has been slow in part due to the crazy weather we’ve had this month.

On the flip side, I’m getting time to do some recreational diving and pursue some “balance of life” activities such as weekends off, biking and painting. I just finished my first painting since moving to Hawaii. See the attached picture. In about four weeks I will have officially been a Hawaii resident for one year. Woohoo! It’s just amazing how fast the time has gone by. I think I’m finally getting comfortable running a dive shop. I don’t introduce myself as the “new” owner anymore, although I suspect I will always be the new owner as Jack Aaron is a hard act to follow with his 44-year tenure. But, I’m slowly creating our own style and culture here at the shop and I think most of the changes have been positive and subtle for the most part. If you haven’t been in the shop in a long time, drop by some time and let us know how we’re doing.

Note: Because this event is sent from numerous places, all parameters may not be sent with the event. Data can be retrieved from the database given the supplied cgblog_id parameter.

.eventdesc-CGBlogArticleEdited (string) = Sent when an entry is edited. .eventhelp-CGBlogArticleEdited (string) =

Sent when an entry is edited.

Parameters

"cgblog_id" - Id of the CGBlog article

"categoris" - Array of the selected categorie ids

"title" - Title of the entry

"content" - Content of the entry

"summary" - Summary of the entry

"status" - Status of the entry ("draft" or "publish")

"start_time" - Date the entry should start being displayed

"end_time" - Date the entry should stop being displayed

"useexp" - Whether the expiration date should be ignored or not

.eventdesc-CGBlogArticleDeleted (string) = Sent when an entry is deleted. .eventhelp-CGBlogArticleDeleted (string) =

Sent when an entry is deleted.

Parameters

"cgblog_id" - Id of the CGBlog entry

.eventdesc-CGBlogCategoryAdded (string) = Sent when a category is added. .eventhelp-CGBlogCategoryAdded (string) =

Sent when a category is added.

Parameters

"category_id" - Id of the CGBlog category

"name" - Name of the CGBlog category

.eventdesc-CGBlogCategoryEdited (string) = Sent when a category is edited. .eventhelp-CGBlogCategoryEdited (string) =

Sent when a category is edited.

Parameters

"category_id" - Id of the CGBlog category

"name" - Name of the CGBlog category

"origname" - The original name of the CGBlog category

.eventdesc-CGBlogCategoryDeleted (string) = Sent when a category is deleted. .eventhelp-CGBlogCategoryDeleted (string) =

Sent when a category is deleted.

Parameters

"category_id" - Id of the deleted category

"name" - Name of the deleted category

.help_articleid (string) = This parameter is only applicable to the detail view. It allows specifying which CGBlog entry to display in detail mode. If the special value -1 is used, the system will display the newest, published, non expired entry. .helpnumber (string) = Maximum number of items to display (per page) -- leaving empty will show all items. This is a synonym for the pagelimit parameter. .helpstart (string) = Start at the nth item -- leaving empty will start at the first item. .helpcategory (string) = Used in the summary, and archive views to display only items for the specified categories. Multiple categories can be used if separated with a comma. A category path can be specified using syntax such as "cat1|cat2|cat3". This parameter also works for the frontend submit action to select or hardcod specified categories. .helpsummarytemplate (string) = Use a separate database template for displaying the entry summary. This template must exist and be visible in the summary template tab of the CGBlog admin, though it does not need to be the default. If this parameter is not specified, then the current template marked as default will be used. .helpbrowsecattemplate (string) = Use a database template for displaying the category browser. This template must exist and be visible in the Browse Category Templates tab of the CGBlog admin, though it does not need to be the default. If this parameter is not specified, then the current template marked as default will be used. .helpdetailtemplate (string) = Use a separate database template for displaying the entry detail. This template must exist and be visible in the detail template tab of the CGBlog admin, though it does not need to be the default. If this parameter is not specified, then the current template marked as default will be used. This parameter is not compatible with friendly urls, and cannot be used from a summary view. .helpsortby (string) = Field to sort by. Options are: "summary", "cgblog_category", "cgblog_title", "cgblog_extra", "end_time", "start_time", "random". Defaults to "cgblog_date". If "random" is specified, the sortasc param is ignored. .helpsortasc (string) = Sort cgblog items in ascending date order rather than descending. .helpdetailpage (string) = Page to display CGBlog details in. This can either be a page alias or an id. Used to allow details to be displayed in a different template from the summary. This parameter will have no effect when a URL is specified for a blog entry. In that case, the default detail page preference in the CGBlog admin panel will be used. .helpshowarchive (string) = If set to a non zero value, show only expired cgblog entries. .helpbrowsecat (string) = Shows a browseable category list. .helpaction (string) = 'Override the default action. Possible values are:

"archive" - to displa an archive report of your blog entries.

"detail" - to display a specified entry in detail mode.

"default" - to display the summary view

"browsecat" - to display a browseable category list.

"fesubmit" - to display a form allowing site visitors to submit blog articles.

"myarticles" - to display a report of all articles matching the current logged in FrontEndUser.